Socket wrench



Aug. 31, 192s. '1,597,785

F. J. GRANT v scKET WRENCH Filed 0st, 'l 1923 INVENTOH FJ 670171 3f Mai.

ATTORNEYS Patented fang. 31, 1926.

SST/elim FRANK JONES GRANT,

GF CHICAGO, ILLEIOIS.

SOCKET W'RENC Application 'iled @ctober 1, 1923. Serial No. 668,008.

My invention relates to improvements in socket wrenches, which are especially adapt ed "for use in outdoor telephone construction work, and it consists in the combinations,

constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object oit my invention is to provide a tool ot the type described, which may be used for tightening or loosening nuts oi" various sizes, such as those in use on clamps tor guy wires, Jfor screwing in or unscrewing step hooks on telephone poles, and `for removing or applying nuts to bolts in places which would be inaccessible to ordinary wrenches.

A further object of my invention is to provide a wrench of the socket type, which will adjust itself to nuts or holts of various sizes, owing to the tapered construction of the socket.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the `following specification, and the novel :features oii the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which- Figure 1 is a tace view of one side et the wrench,

Figure 2 3 to Figure 1,

Figure 3 shows the application of the wrench to a telephone step hook, and

Figure 4 shows the application of the wrench to a clamp or guy wire.

ln carrying out my invention, l provide a body portion or shank l which is preferably made ot' steel and which, as will be seen from the drawings, is in the shape of a substantially tlat bar, having a greater width than thickness. Near one end the bar is bent angularly, as at 2, and is iiared outwardly. An integral head 3 is provided, this head having a tapered socket 4 which extends through the head, the axis of the socket being at right angles to the longitudinal axis ot the bar 1. The side walls ot the head are provided with rectangular openings 5 and (i, while the end wall is provided with an elliptical-shaped opening 7, which co1nmunicates with the opening or socket 4.

The opposite end 01": the bar 1 is enlarged and `joins with an integral head S, having a tapered socket 9 at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the bar. rlhe end wall of the head is provided with a rectangular recess 10, and a bore 11 extends inwardly from is an edge view at right angles the recess to the socket, and is continued on the opposite wall' olI the socket, as shown in Figure 2.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. be observed that the bending of the bar in the manner described brings the centralportion of the heads at opposite ends substantially into alinernent with the central longitudinal artis of the shank or bar. Vi hen it is desired to tighten nuts, as for instance, the nuts on clamping devices for guy wires, as illustrated in Figure 4, the head is `placed thereon so that the nut 12 will enter the tapered socket 4. rl`he rectangular side walls of the socket engage with the nut, so that the latter may be turnedl to unloosen or to screw it tielite It often happens that the corners or a nut may be worn so as to canse an ordinary wrench to slip. ln the present instance, however, the tapered socket tends to permit the wrench to work its way down, so as to grip the nut securely. The tapered socket also permits the wrench to be more easily removed, because of the taper, than the ordinary wrench. ln view or' the fact that the socket 4 runs clear through the head, it is apparent that nuts which are to be removed from bolts may be so removed, where the nuts are of varying sizes, since the shank of the bolt may pass through the opening 4 entirely.

In Figure 8 I have shown this wrench used as a means for removing or applying step hooks to telephone poles. rl`hese hooks 13 have bent-up portions 14, and the hook is threaded at its inner end to screw into the bore 15. In order to remove a hook, the end 14 is passed into the larger end ot the socket 4, and then the wrench is swung so as to guide the end 14 through the elliptical opening 7. rlhe wrench will then be in the position shown at the bottom oi" Figure 3. In this position, it isl at right angles to the step hook and may be'used to unscrew the hook or to screw it into the bore. It will be observed that, owing to the construction, the strain comes along the great-est width of the wrench, so that there is little liability of bending or breaking the wrench, as there might be if the strain should come at right angles or across the minor dimension, ire., thethickness of the wrench.

The tapered socket not only provides for operating on nuts of various sizes, but the it will i openings 5 and Gelso permit the Wrench to be used with different sized nuts or boltI heads. n

The opposite end of the Wrench contains a socket 9 similar tothe socket or opening 1l, but of smaller di1nensious,'so as torprovide for a still greater range of usefulness. In this end of the Wrench the recess l0 is prcvided for receiving nuts, While ythe bores 1l receive av shank of the bolt. This provides ineans whereby a bolt or nut, in places which are inaccessible for the ordinary Wrench, may be reinoved or replaced. thrust toward the bolt until the latter enters the bores ll, and the nut enters the recess l0.`

NOW by twisting the Wrench about its longitudinal axis, the nutV inay be removed or replaced. a i

oned particularly out- Y "Whilel have inenti door telephone Work,l it VvWill be understood tially uniform thickness and of greater Width than thickness, a head carried by said The Wrench isr body portion and extending at right angles to said shank, said head being provided r With a socket extending therethrough, the

axis Vof the socket being at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the shank, said head having an opening in theside, the axis of said opening being at right angles to the socket and to the longitudinal axis of the shank and being in the same plane with the longitudinal axis of theshank.

2. A Wrench ofthe socket type comprising a shank having a relatively thin flat: body portion of substantially uni'forin thickness, said shank having an integral inclined portionl at one end or' said body portion, an integral head secured to said inclined portion, and extending at right angles to the main body portion, Vsaid head having a tapered socket extending therethrough, the axis of the socket being at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the bodyportion, said head havingan opening in the side, the axis of said opening being at right angles to the axis of the socket and at rightangles to the longitudinal axis of the body portion of the shank, and the axis of the opening and the longitudinal axis of the shank being substantially in the saine plane.

FRANK JONES GRANT. 

